CLST 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Pompeian Styles, Ashlar, 3 Women
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3 women sitting around a table, animated conversation with hand gestures. A scene borrowed from theatre because they are wearing masks. A picture of women sharing a meal. Extremely rare in ancient word for artist to sign his work. Commissioner would have to ask artist for it. Wall, is a surface, no sense of what is behind. Shows a wall that is broken up into a series of rectangular blocks. Imitating ashlar buildings - layers of blocks stacked on top of one another. Image of blocks is accentuated through usage of stucco relief makes 3d borders of blocks, moulders pretending to be solid blocks and solid architecture, articulates the blocks. Really light colours, in some cases, have patterns imitate blocks of marble from around europe. Colours represent these stone for certain areas, but all paintings not real stone, not meant to fool you, but to evoke something else.
